Hearing the call in his earpiece!

Ayin instinctively looked up at the sky!

Suddenly.

He saw orange-red flashes of light streak across the heavens.

And the next second.

—BOOM!!!

Rat-tat-tat-tat—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A rain of fire descended like falling meteors!

Immediately after, the Bofors L-60 40mm rapid-fire cannon roared to life, terrifying explosions sending dirt flying everywhere. An armored personnel carrier was directly flipped over and destroyed, instantly becoming a raging fireball!

And finally!

With a thunderous explosive roar, a brilliant 'meteor' came crashing down. The M102 105mm howitzer unleashed its devastating bombardment, and two proudly advancing tanks were torn open like paper models, their turrets flying off!

The massive explosion was so powerful that Ayin felt his chest tighten and his heart skip a beat!

BOOM—!!!

A powerful shockwave swept through, and when he looked again at the wilderness, it had become a sea of fire, with nothing left alive!

"Hoooooly shiiiiit!!!"

Ayin was completely stunned!

That was nearly an entire company of armored infantry!

Two tanks! One armored vehicle! Nearly a hundred enemies!

All wiped out in less than three seconds!

Artillery plowing the earth!

Complete annihilation!

What kind of power was this? What kind of terrifying killing machine was this?

Ayin felt his understanding of modern warfare being constantly refreshed, refreshed, and refreshed again by this game!

Looking at the horrifying scorched earth before him, Ayin felt his scalp tingling and temporarily lost the ability to speak!

Terrifying?

No!

This couldn't even be called terrifying anymore.

This kind of utterly overwhelming firepower was nothing short of horrifying!

And at this moment, the chat barrage was also exploding with reactions!

'What the hell is this thing, holy shit—'

'Three seconds, an entire armored company gone'

'AC-130 gunship, damn! While theoretically it's just a flying metal coffin that can't even take off without air superiority, once this thing gets airborne, ground units are just waiting to die, it's only a matter of time'

'This is really fucking terrifying, I got goosebumps all over'

'Scalp tingling, bro, seriously tingling scalp'

'The boss is completely dumbfounded, this thing is too fierce...'

'Shocked, if I could pilot this thing...'

'If I could pilot this thing...'

Right now!

Ayin also looked up at the sky!

And at that very moment!

Suddenly!

Ayin saw his perspective suddenly lift off, flying through the billowing smoke of burning artillery fire, soaring past the mysterious night sky, penetrating through drifting clouds!

Various instrument panels appeared before his eyes in a dazzling array!

Tactical gloves were on his hands. Ayin instinctively turned the fire control switch on his left, then pushed the control lever with his right hand!

—!!!

The entire screen instantly switched to a black-and-white night vision display with various data markings!

[Death from Above]

[Day 2 - 04:20:22]

[Western Warsaw Pact]

[Thermal Imaging Operator]

[AC-130 Gunship]

OHHHHHHHH--!!!

At this moment!

The entire audience cheered!

Ayin almost wanted to jump out of his motion-sensing pod and raise his arms in triumph!

"Hey! Holy shit! Holy fucking shit, you can pilot it! I've become the operator! Holy shit—!!!"

Insane!

Just moments ago, he was wishing he could personally experience this terrifying firepower beast!

Well then!

Now, the authority to open fire is in your hands!

105mm howitzer! 40mm rapid-fire cannon! 25mm rotary cannon!

All under your control!

Switch between the weapons in your hands, providing fire support for the B-6 Squad below, helping them reach the designated area!

And just as the mission began!

Ayin temporarily paused the game and called out:

"Xiao Yi Xiao Yi?"

Yiyou X2 immediately responded: I'm here?

"Haha,"

Ayin laughed and said:

"Play 'Swamp Thing' to set the mood!"

This was a song Ayin had recently discovered that was really hype. Little did he know that his casual action at this moment would eventually make this song the exclusive killstreak montage track for the Call of Duty series.

With control of the AC-130 gunship completely handed over to Ayin!

The game resumed, and accompanied by the hype electronic music, a thrilling bombing session began!

[Captain Price: Calling Gun Platform, enemy forces spotted at the eastern church, requesting fire support!]

"Coming!"

And now, Ayin also saw the enemies emerging from the eastern church on his thermal imaging screen:

"Just you wait, Money Man!"

Zzzzzz—BRRRRR—!!!

The 25mm rotary cannon instantly spun up and roared!

Dense bullets poured down on the church area like rain!

The death from above roared as it vented its fury, the dense web of fire from the interwoven bullets instantly covering the church area!

As clouds of white thermal imaging mist rose, the enemies rushing from the church instantly transformed into rising blood mist!

And now, Money Man's voice came through the earpiece again—

[Captain Price: Armored vehicles approaching from the western road, requesting support!]

Hehe! Clunk!

The rotary cannon overheated, so Ayin immediately switched to the 40mm rapid-fire cannon!

!!BRRRMM!!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Massive explosions and fireballs rose!

Two armored vehicles instantly flew into the air amid the rolling bombardment, exploding fireballs turning them into piles of fragments in moments!

[Captain Price: Due east, a tank approaching our position, request strike!]

Clank! Thump!

The rapid-fire cannon temporarily ceased.

As the words "105mm Howitzer Ready" appeared on the screen!

Ayin aimed at the tank's thermal signature and without hesitation slammed the fire button!

!—BOOM—!!!

You could clearly feel the entire AC-130 airframe shake noticeably with this shot!

Then, on the ground, the tank that had been rumbling forward suddenly erupted in a dazzling fireball on its turret, with the heat shockwave clearly visible!

"Fuck yeah—!!!"

So damn satisfying!

Ayin finally experienced what it meant to "never fought such an abundant battle in my life"!

And understood what it meant to use infiltration tactics when poor, and firepower saturation when rich!

The rotary cannon whirled, weaving a dense web of death!

The rapid-fire cannon roared, explosive bombardments blooming everywhere!

The terrifying howitzer fired, the entire battlefield under my sole control!

Artillery plowing the earth, wild bombardment!

Switching between the three types of artillery, Ayin piloted the AC-130 to plow through the entire advance path of the B-6 Squad!

This exhilarating feeling of freely pouring out firepower made Ayin whoop and shout with excitement!

And at this moment, the chat barrage was also boiling—

'Oh no! He really gets to play with it!'

'Hyped up! Brothers, we're hyped up!'

'Holy—shit—this is so fierce! One man taking on an entire regiment!'

'This is so fucking satisfying, isn't it!'

'No anti-war sentiment now, huh? (dog head)'

'Anti-war? Who's anti-war? Is anyone anti-war? Kill—! Kill—! Kill—! (funny)'

"Hahahaha shit so true"

'Way too satisfying, even laxatives aren't this satisfying'

'This is really just complete and utter devastation'

'Good analogy!'

'Hope I can feel as satisfied as the AC-130 tomorrow morning...'

'Shit hahahahaha...'

...

As the song ended!

The squad led by Price finally reached the designated area and boarded the extraction helicopter.

"Whew—"

As the mission concluded, Ayin let out a satisfied yet somewhat wistful sigh, even breaking into silly laughter:

"Hohohoho hahaha so damn satisfying, holy shit—"

"Damn, really, never played such an exhilarating game in my life—"

......

Over here!

Ayin was still craving more!

Meanwhile, Hideki had already headed to the battlefield far in the Middle East, participating in the final assault against Alaszad!

That's right!

After nearly a full day and night of fighting!

The US Marines had successfully advanced to downtown Alaszad and were moving toward his headquarters.

The Hog tank they had rescued earlier was now fully repaired.

The next step was their operation to advance in coordination with the Hog.

The objective for this mission was actually quite simple—conduct infantry-tank coordination with the Hog, advance one block forward, reach the designated position, and board the extraction helicopter for the final assault and capture operation against Alaszad.

However!

While it sounds simple, the difficulty of this mission was anything but low!

So-called infantry-tank coordination essentially means the tank provides heavy fire support for the infantry, while the infantry clears out enemies and threats in positions difficult for the tank to reach through infiltration and clearing operations.

As a member of the infantry squad, Hideki naturally needed to enter various building areas to eliminate enemies who were ready to fire RPGs at the tank at any moment.

It could be said that compared to previous missions, while this one didn't have particularly stunning large-scale scenes, the form of infantry-tank coordinated combat was amazing enough to astonish people.

[Really never played this kind of game before]

This was almost the unanimous feeling of all players experiencing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Unprecedented weapon authenticity, dual narrative format alternating between stealth operations and frontal warfare, plus combat methods never experienced before like the AC-130 gunship and infantry-tank coordination.

Just as Gu Sheng had previously stated, this was truly an FPS 3S-level masterpiece that could surpass all their previous shooting game works.

In fact, many players including Hideki didn't even know how to properly describe and categorize this game.

Could it still be considered within the FPS genre?

Or perhaps, after experiencing this work, shouldn't the standards for defining FPS genres be raised further?

After all, the novelty and shock this game brought to all players was simply too immense.

It was both a culmination that integrated all the strengths of Golden Wind's previous shooting masterpieces.

And an innovative work that made groundbreaking progress in multiple aspects.

One could even say that only with the release of this work did the "next-generation masterpiece" that developers constantly talked about truly take concrete form.

Yes.

The so-called next-generation isn't just about next-generation in terms of game industry standards.

It's also about updates and iterations in game storytelling and gameplay.

And clearly.

The only masterpiece that could make players sincerely convinced and give a thumbs up while saying "next-generation benchmark" was none other than this current Call of Duty.

Truly an epoch-making work.

Thinking this, Hideki nodded repeatedly, glanced back at the Hog that had accompanied their advance all the way, then boarded the extraction helicopter.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com